# Beyond Vibe Coding: A Designer's Case for Directed Generation

DevFeed: [Beyond Vibe Coding: A Designer's Case for Directed Generation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/beyond-vibe-coding-a-designer-s-case-for-directed-generation-9073.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://uxmag.com/articles/beyond-vibe-coding-a-designers-case-for-directed-generation>)

Author: Jim Gulsen

Published: 2026-06-25T03:08:30Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [UX Magazine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ux-magazine.md>)

Topics: [Vibe coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vibe-coding.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-culture.md>), [generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generation.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [prompt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>), [vibe-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vibe-coding.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion argues that "vibe coding" describes passive, low-accountability use of generated output, but does not accurately describe intentional AI-assisted design. It proposes directed generation, in which the designer's judgment, authority, and understanding guide the AI-assisted process.

## Source excerpt

The name got there first "Vibe coding" is a useful description of a specific, low-accountability behavior. You describe something loosely, accept what the model generates, and don't concern yourself too much with understanding the output. Andrej Karpathy named it accurately in early 2025 -- for the thing he was actually describing. The problem is what The post Beyond Vibe Coding: A Designer's Case for Directed Generation appeared first on UX Magazine.